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TINY TREES BOUGHT BY PEOPLE WITH BIG HEARTS -- The third annual tiny trees fundraiser was held at Rebecca Strong's The Lux. Over 70 people crowded into that small building, symbolic, again, of the need for a new, bigger La Conner Library. The $13,000+ raised inches the needle toward the $3.2 million needed to start construction. -- photo courtesy of Susan Macek
It was a bursting-at-the-seams evening Friday, with the 3rd Festival of Tiny Trees drawing more than 70 guests to The Lux Art Center to bid on 18 decorative tabletop trees, six wreaths and 22 pieces of 4 by 4 art to benefit the La Conner Library Foundation. All auction sales and donations to the event, totaling $7,400, were matched one-to-one, thanks to a generous donation made to the Foundation for the new library building. With ticket sales and sponsorship, the event raised just over $13,000.
It was the first major event at The Lux, hosted by owners Rebecca Strong and Bob Jacobson. The previ...
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